DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
phone /ˈfon/
電話;C受話器,耳機(vt.)給…打電話;打電話通知
phone
資料電話
phone
電視電話;圖象電話
phone
電話
phone
n 1: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical
signals that can be transmitted over distances and then
converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to
him on the telephone" [syn: telephone, telephone set]
2: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
language [syn: speech sound, sound]
3: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals
into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it
was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
[syn: earphone, earpiece, headphone]
v : get or try to get into communication (with someone) by
telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two
aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone,
call up, ring]